Metallic fence-post.



PATBNTBD NoVfa, 1904. G. B. GRBER. METALLIC FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1904- HC MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904.

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GREEN B. GREER, OF CAMDEN, TENNESSEE.

METALLIC FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,582, dated November 8, 1904.

Application filed Januar-3130, 1904. Serial No. 191,281. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GREEN B. GREER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Camden, county oi Benton, and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Fence-Posts, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to metallic fenceposts; and it consists in the novel arrangement and construction of its parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of my invention is to provide intermediate and corner posts of a special construction, said posts being constructed of two upright pieces of metal spaced apart and adapted to be driven at their lower ends into the ground and spaced. A strip having boltperforations is attached to the outer yedges of the said pieces in such manner that the bolts may pass through the space between the said pieces and be secured by nuts, which are screw-threaded upon the inner ends of the bolts and bear against the rear edges of the upright pieces. The outer ends of the bolts are provided with hooks which are adapted to receive the line-wires of the fence, and thus secure the said wires to the posts. The said posts are provided with suitable braces and anchors,

as will be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fence-corner, showing the diierent patterns of post. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View through one of the posts. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of an ornament attached to the upperline-wire of the fence, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View of the ornament and its attachments as shown in Fig. 3.

The intermediate post 1 consists of the parallel upright pieces 2 2, spaced apart. The horizontal piece 3 is secured between the upright pieces 2 2, near the lower ends thereof. The brace 4 is attached at its lower end to the outer end of the horizontal piece3 and at its upper end is secured between the uprights 2 2. The outer end of the horizontal piece 3 is provided with a horizontal anchor 5, which extends at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the piece 3. The horizontal anchor 6 is secured to the inner edges of the uprights 2 2,

and the horizontal anchor 7 is secured to the outer .edges of the said uprights. A perforated strip 8 is secured to the outer edges of the uprights 2 2 and at its upper end is bent back over the upper ends of the said uprights 2 2, as at 9. The bolts 10 pass through the perforations in the strip 8 and'also extend through the space between theuprights 2 2. The rear ends of the said bolts are provided with nuts 11, which are adapted to bear against the inner edges of the uprights 2 2. The line wires 12 are received by the hooked outer ends or' the bolts 10. The ornament 13 is secured, by means of the staplesll, to the upper line-wire 12, and at the point Where the said ornament 13 crosses the upper ends of the posts it is fastened to the bent-back end 9 of the strip 8 by means of a screw 15 or other suitable device, said screw passing through a perforation in the end 9 and entering the base of the said ornament. The corner-posts 1-6 are made substantially like the intermediate posts 1, with the exception that the brace 4 of the corner-post is provided with a reinforcing-strip 18 and the said corner-post is provided with an additional brace 17. l/Vhen the posts are set in the ground, the Uk-shaped irons 19 are driven down over the horizontal pieces 3 in the manner as shown in Fig. 1.

In placing the posts in the ground a shallow trench is dug at right angles to the line of the fence. In this trench the lower end of the post is braced, and the upright pieces 2 2 are driven' into the ground untilthe horizontal pieces 3 come in contact with the bottom of the trench. The upright pieces 2 2 being made of flexible metal, the lower ends ot' said pieces will are apart, as illustrated in Fig. 1, when driven into the ground. Previous to driving the said post in the ground the upright pieces may be bent somewhat to assure flaring, as above described. The U-'shaped irons 19 are then driven into the ground over the horizontal pieces 3. The trench is then iilled with earth, and the post is suitably planted. In applying the wires and stretching them the anchors' 5, 6, and 7 have a tendency to prevent the post from tilting in either direction in the line of the fence. This is especially advantageous in rough ground and IOO where the Jfence is being built on inclines. One corner-post is usually braced, in the manner as Shown in Fig. l, by an additional post. The posts being thus constructed and so located with relation to each other are not affected by the amount of strain exerted upon the Wires in stretching the same and in the contraction and expansion of the said Wires in varying temperatures. After tlie Wires l2 are stretched the bolts 10 are tightened up, and the said Wires are secured to the intermediate posts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

l. A fence post consisting of upriglits spaced apart, a perforated strip extending along' tbe edges of said upriglits, hooks passing through said perforations and adapted to receive the line-Wires and a means for securing tlie ends of said books to the edges of the uprights.

2. A fence post consisting of upriglits spaced apart, astrip extending along the edges of said upriglits and having its upper end bent back over tbe ends of the upriglits.

1n testimony WhereofI aiiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GREEN B. GREER.

Witnesses:

C. L. BUELL, J. G. ROBINs. 

